How To Install gfal2-plugin-mock on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-mock on CentOS 8.
What is gfal2-plugin-mock
Provides a dummy mock
We can use yum or dnf to install gfal2-plugin-mock on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gfal2-plugin-mock.
Install gfal2-plugin-mock on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install gfal2-plugin-mock using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gfal2-plugin-mock
Install gfal2-plugin-mock on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install gfal2-plugin-mock using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gfal2-plugin-mock
How To Uninstall gfal2-plugin-mock on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gfal2-plugin-mock package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gfal2-plugin-mock
gfal2-plugin-mock Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/gfal2.d/mock_plugin.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/9acc2ff0a31b796edf4abb19e9b48f1cbff15c
/usr/lib64/gfal2-plugins/libgfal_plugin_mock.so
/usr/share/doc/gfal2/README_PLUGIN_MOCK
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-mock on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.